Author: Syncplify

We have just released version 4.2.4 of our Syncplify.me Server! software. This version features the following improvements:

Fixed: occasional lingering of sockets in CLOSE_WAIT status when behind firewalls that act as proxies

Fixed: occasional huge delay upon accepting new connections when the number of VFSs is high

Warning: upgrading to this version from any version prior to 4.0.34 will invalidate your license, so please if you are a customer – before you upgrade – contact us to request a license reset.

Note: if after the update you notice any unexpected behavior in the web interface, just hit Ctrl-F5 in your browser; that will force the browser to reload the page as well as all back-end scripts and update the ones that may have been cached from previous versions of the software.

We have just released version 4.2.3 of our Syncplify.me Server! software. This version features the following improvements:

Fixed: early detection and resolution of the [%USER_HOME%] parameter in the VFS target

Warning: upgrading to this version from any version prior to 4.0.34 will invalidate your license, so please if you are a customer – before you upgrade – contact us to request a license reset.

Note: if after the update you notice any unexpected behavior in the web interface, just hit Ctrl-F5 in your browser; that will force the browser to reload the page as well as all back-end scripts and update the ones that may have been cached from previous versions of the software.

We have just released version 4.2.2 of our Syncplify.me Server! software. This version features the following improvements:

Fixed: bug that prevented correct import of virtual folder permissions when converting from an old version 3.x

Fixed: incorrect log line human-readable comment upon file rename

Warning: upgrading to this version from any version prior to 4.0.34 will invalidate your license, so please if you are a customer – before you upgrade – contact us to request a license reset.

Note: if after the update you notice any unexpected behavior in the web interface, just hit Ctrl-F5 in your browser; that will force the browser to reload the page as well as all back-end scripts and update the ones that may have been cached from previous versions of the software.

Warning: upgrading to this version from any version prior to 4.0.34 will invalidate your license, so please if you are a customer – before you upgrade – contact us to request a license reset.

Note: if after the update you notice any unexpected behavior in the web interface, just hit Ctrl-F5 in your browser; that will force the browser to reload the page as well as all back-end scripts and update the ones that may have been cached from previous versions of the software.

Occasionally we receive emails from customers whose paid license has reverted back to “free” or “freeware” mode, and they ask us why that happened.

To reduce the phenomenon of software piracy, Syncplify.me Server! binds its licenses to a so-called System-ID upon their activation. This means that, once a license has been activated, it is bound to that System-ID forever, unless we reset it (thus allowing activation on a new machine or VM).

You can find your System-ID in the License page of the SuperAdmin web interface:

Introduced in v4.2, there’s a registry setting that allows Syncplify.me Server! to automatically choose the socket’s inbound and outbound buffer sizes in an attempt to optimize upload and download speeds.

This setting cannot be configured in the web interface, the only way to set it is at Windows registry level. Restarting the Syncplify.me Server! system services is not necessary, as this setting is pulled from the registry every time a new incoming connection is served. Continue reading

Improved: performance and reliability of the [%USER_HOME%] finder function inside the VFS subsystem

Fixed: directory list timer and counter in the FTP protocol handler

Fixed: few other minor and rarely occurring issues

Warning: upgrading to this version from any version prior to 4.0.34 will invalidate your license, so please if you are a customer – before you upgrade – contact us to request a license reset.

Note: if after the update you notice any unexpected behavior in the web interface, just hit Ctrl-F5 in your browser; that will force the browser to reload the page as well as all back-end scripts and update the ones that may have been cached from previous versions of the software.

Almost 7 years ago, Microsoft has dropped support for 32 bit versions of their server operating system; in fact, as of Windows Server 2008 R2 only 64-bit server OSs have been released by Microsoft. Later, support for 32-bit versions of server OSs has been dropped, so we can safely say that – today – only 64-bit versions of Windows Server are available and supported.

MongoDB (the database we use as a back-end to Syncplify.me Server!) is considering a similar choice. And even though they still support 32 at the time this article is being written, their 32 bit version comes with limitations that make it unsuitable for large-scale deployments.

Furthermore, according to our license database, only about 1% of our customers are still using 32-bit versions of our software, and less than 0.2% of them have active support and maintenance subscriptions. Simply put, almost nobody is using 32-bit versions of our software anymore.

For all of the above reasons, Syncplify’s management is currently considering the possibility to drop 32-bit support in future versions of our flagship software (Syncplify.me Server!) and possibly all other software titles we design and develop.

We have just released version 4.1.9 of our Syncplify.me Server! software. This version features the following improvements:

Added: support for the XCUP, XMKD, XCWD, XRMD commands in the FTP(E/S) protocol handlers; even though such commands are deprecated by the IETF protocol standard, some FTP clients still use them, so we now support them even though we don’t advertise them in the FEAT response

Warning: upgrading to this version from any version prior to 4.0.34 will invalidate your license, so please if you are a customer – before you upgrade – contact us to request a license reset.

Note: if after the update you notice any unexpected behavior in the web interface, just hit Ctrl-F5 in your browser; that will force the browser to reload the page as well as all back-end scripts and update the ones that may have been cached from previous versions of the software.